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Which will sell more in America - FFXIII X360 or FFXIII PS3?

PS3 300 88.24%
 
Xbox 360 40 11.76%
 
Total:340
johnsobas on 17 January 2010
jarrod said:
johnsobas said:
restored_lost said:
its funny how we just asume that none of the people that own 360 never owned ps2's. but i digress, ps3 becuase its leading in pre order charts.

who said that?  People are saying PS3 owners are more loyal to games that were previously on PS systems then 360 owners.  Some 360 owners had PS2s, but a higher percentage of PS3 owners owned a PS2.  The proof is in the sales, games that used to be ps2 exclusives do better by percentage than games that weren't. 

Until Tekken 6, this never really resulted in higher PS3 sales though.  Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Soulcalibur, Burnout, Dynasty Warriors, Tomb Raider, etc... all sold better on 360 in America.

I think FFXIII will likely follow T6, but I wouldn't be that surprised if the 360 version ended up ahead either.

i realize that, but those games you just listed are far closer then the average game.  360 has a much larger userbase in the US. As time has gone on the gaps have been shrinking.  PS3 gamers have been more likely to buy Japanese games, more likely to buy RPGs, and more likely to buy previous Sony franchises.  There are very few games I would say this about, but i'm very sure the PS3 version will sell more in the US, and by a nice margin.

There are a lot of factors though, for example even though RE was a Sony franchise mostly during the PS1 era, the new RE style fits xbox gamers liking.

Soul Calibur and burnout shouldn't be on that list.



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jarrod on 17 January 2010
johnsobas said:

more likely to buy RPGs, 

In America, this really isn't true at all.  Granted, a large part of that likely has to do selection and library, but by and large RPGs have done significantly better on 360.  Even multiplatform RPGs (Obvlivion, Enchanted Arms, Fallout 3, Eternal Sonata, Dragon Age, etc).  No PS3 JRPG has yet matched Blue Dragon in America going by NPD, and none have sold more than third what Lost Odyssey did.

 

I do agree that previously "PlayStation exclusive" series seem to do better on PS3 proportionately than historically non-exclusive series though.  I think slim/momentum may have been the tipping point for Tekken 6, and that will probably hold true for FFXIII.



Cross-X on 17 January 2010

PS3 with ease.



Fab_GS on 17 January 2010

PS3

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=6504
PS3>X360



jneul on 17 January 2010

PS3 will slaughter the X360 version, sorry (BASED ON PREORDERS)



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NoCtiS_NoX on 17 January 2010

PS3 due to preorder numbers and from amazon pre-orders too.



phinch1 on 17 January 2010

ps3 version will win US EU and everywhere else



Xoj on 17 January 2010
Mummelmann said:
I'm inclined to say 360 seeing as how the installed base is much bigger and GTA IV sold a lot more on the 360 as well. Yes, its FF but still.

FF13 it's not a shooter.

still havent preorder will on monday.

 

looking at deals right now



sabby_e17 on 17 January 2010

PS3.

My prediction is 5 million on PS3 and 1.5 million on 360.




The_God_of_War on 17 January 2010

To echo what others said- pre-order charts, Amazon, Tekken 6 and series association with PS consoles will give the PS3 version the edge. By a ratio of 1.5: 1.